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Chapter 727 You Didn’t Know You Were Wrong, You Knew You Were About to Die

"Your Majesty, it is very surprising that the wealthy merchants in the southeast actually support the war this time. I have noticed that these wealthy merchants are also clamoring for unlimited expansion of the navy. Although their voices are still not as loud as those of the lowly scholars, we should be vigilant." Hai Rui solemnly advised His Majesty not to only look at the wealthy merchants in the southeast, their progressiveness and enthusiasm, but also to think about their other side.

We should pay attention to Ma Jinglun’s extreme theories. These emerging bourgeoisie are also dangerous.

Hai Rui's statement is consistent with the general principle of Ming Dynasty's governance at the time, the "Theory of Contradiction". Contradictions are ubiquitous, and everything must have both good and bad sides.

The landlords were absolutely opposed to war because historical experience told them that once the imperial court began to engage in militarism, it would definitely target them, such as Emperor Wu of Han's "Calculation of Silk and Silk Order" and "Report on Silk and Silk Order".

At the end of the Chongzhen period, the national treasury was so poor that rats were running away. However, the Northwest was in turmoil again. Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to collect donations everywhere. In the end, even the father-in-law was unwilling to give him money. In the end, he gave him one thousand taels to fool him. It was also with this attitude that he wanted me to take out money to help your emperor fight. No way!
The long-term emphasis on agriculture over commerce has also resulted in the low status of merchants, and those who give up their studies to go into business are looked down upon.

This group of emerging wealthy merchants not only supported the expansion of the court's navy, but even took out real money to support the Ming Dynasty in waging wars, instead of following the rule of "I really have a cow" and refusing to contribute a penny.

Hai Rui's meaning was very clear. We should be wary of these emerging bourgeoisie, whose excessive influence and control over court decision-making are also necessary. The court should also be wary of the fact that they, like the local gentry and landlords, seek privileges through various activities.

Hai Rui handled a case in the Southern Court that was similar to Li Kaizao's case of misidentification, in which he completely monopolized all of Li Kaifang's achievements.

The case of Nan Ya is that there was a student in Nan Ya Donglu Academy who couldn't even pass the examination to become a scholar, but suddenly he became a genius praised by everyone, proficient in everything from playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. Even the Nan Ya Imperial College was put in a passive position. The Imperial College did not recruit such a genius. The imperial dynasty's mechanism for selecting officials was poor, rigid and dogmatic.

After careful study, Hai Rui discovered that it was just a case of mistaken identity. The student was fake and the poems he prepared were written by someone else in advance.

But this case is completely different from the nature of Li Kaizao. Li Kaizao himself is also a genius and really has the ability to pass the imperial examination, but his cousin Li Kaifang is stronger.

The case handled by Hai Rui was entirely about some wealthy businessmen who wanted to send a loser to the Imperial College just to test it. If the test was successful, the Imperial College would be filled with such idiots in the future.

"What General Hai said makes sense." Zhu Yijun was quite moved. Those who can leave their names in history are all outstanding people. Hai Rui is very skilled in the theory of contradiction. He saw the danger of the emerging bourgeoisie. Compared with Zhang Juzheng who was worried about the threat of the emerging bourgeoisie to the imperial power, Hai Rui was mainly worried that these emerging bourgeoisie, which mainly relied on maritime trade, would tie the Ming Dynasty to the chariot of warmongering.

For any group, unlimited and blind expansion can be fatal.

The contradiction theory is a product of chance. It was created when Zhu Yijun was not in power and was still studying. In order to bluff and scare Mr. Zhang, he probably wanted to create an atmosphere of "I am very strong, don't usurp the throne, otherwise I will make you pay". In fact, Mr. Zhang did not need to be scared. Zhu Yijun could not be scared when he was ten years old.

The emperor used big hammers and small hammers to continuously hammer on Zhang Juzheng's thoughts and came up with the theory of contradiction. This theory, which has no stance but is only a methodological doctrine, has repeatedly verified its universality.

Zhu Yijun read Hai Rui's memorial carefully.

When the Ming Emperor went on a southern tour, some demons and monsters became dormant. The fourteen officials in the Southern Court who abused their power for personal gain were such dormant demons and monsters. They were exposed as soon as the emperor left.

The Nan Ya Cotton Dynasty, the Nan Ya Cotton Gang, which was established with officials such as Chen Junyong, Zhao Canlu and Zhou Bokai as the core, abused their power and sought personal gain in public office. However, it collapsed under the feudal iron fist of the emperor.

The whole process took no more than ten days. This was an iron fist that was backed by the law. The laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that food, clothing, housing and transportation should not be hoarded or prices should be raised and speculated. Seven cents per pound of cotton was against the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun learned from Hai Rui's memorial that the cotton gang in the Southern Court was a behemoth. Officials such as Chen Junyong used the banknotes to artificially limit the cotton price, while their advisors set up trade fairs with extremely high thresholds, trading local long-staple cotton at 14 cents per pound. In these trade fairs, there were also a large number of wealthy merchants who were responsible for raising thugs, forcing purchases and sales, fighting for territory, and provoking trouble, forcing other cotton spinners to commit crimes.

This cotton gang has already affected the healthy and orderly development of the cotton spinning industry. Officials like Chen Junyong disguised themselves very well, but the emperor did not trust Confucian scholars and civil servants, so he saw through him at a glance.

"Why do I feel like there's something wrong? The canal transport, the censor, the government decree, the trade fair, the thugs, is there anything else I haven't noticed?" Zhu Yijun frowned and muttered to himself, lost in thought, and suddenly looked up and said, "Something's wrong, there's something wrong, the accounts don't add up!"

Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial and felt there was something wrong.

Hai Rui asked doubtfully, "Is there anything else wrong?"

Zhu Yijun said solemnly: "Something was wrong from the beginning!"

"General Hai, this cotton gang is big enough, but not big enough to be a serious threat. If it keeps going like this, it will definitely get bigger and bigger. It will take at least two or three years before it is noticed by the court. After all, the error correction mechanism of our Ming Dynasty is still stable and effective. If it gets out of hand, it will naturally be reported to the court, and the court will have to deal with it. The court has its own procedures, which will inevitably lead to rigidity."

"The money earned is too little, only 700,000 silver. Are you looking down on the cotton textile industry of the Ming Dynasty, or are you looking down on the cotton farmers?"

"Someone is actively trying to expose this matter! And the core of this issue is silver! Someone wants to jump ship, sell out his teammates, attract the attention of the court, and then ship the silver out! The navy is now gathering in the north to prepare for the war to aid Korea and destroy Japan."

Hai Rui's eyes suddenly widened, and he immediately bowed his head and said, "We should immediately send a decree to Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing and Songjiang Navy Commander-in-Chief Chen Lin to conduct a strict investigation."

"Good." Zhu Yijun said loudly to Feng Bao: "Immediately issue an order to command the navy of Songjiang Town. Don't even think about getting away with a penny of my money!"

Hai Rui knew that His Majesty's guess was very likely true, but he was a little confused. Was this a political talent or a keen sense of silver? Probably both.

The Cotton Gang in the Nan Ya Cotton Gang case was not large enough to warrant the attention of the court, but it appeared in the memorials of the Censor and the court discussions in the Wenhua Hall; the handling process of the case was too smooth, and everything was so natural, which obviously had another hidden story; the silver confiscated so far was only 700,000 taels, which was really too little. You must know that the scale of cotton spinning exceeded that of silk, and this was the largest business in the Ming Dynasty.

Your Majesty's imagination in this regard is very rapid. He immediately thought that someone was actively stabbing, someone was betraying teammates, and someone was transferring silver.

Facts proved that His Majesty was not shooting in vain, and soon the imperial guards in Songjiang Prefecture found the criminal who had taken the initiative to uncover the case.

The person who took the initiative to expose the Cotton Gang case was the arrested criminal, Zhou Bokai, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He was the biggest predator of the entire Cotton Gang and the one who made the most profit.

Zhou Bokai, a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing, ranked 190th in the joint examination and ranked fourth in the palace examination with an exceptional performance. Before passing the Jinshi examination, Zhou Bokai was already married and had a son. He was very successful, but soon Zhou Bokai found that if he wanted to climb up, he had to divorce.

At that time, Yan Song was in power and the court was in chaos. There was even a farce in the capital city where someone was selected as a son-in-law based on a list of candidates.

Jiang Rukui, an editor in the Hanlin Academy, wanted to marry his daughter to Zhou Bokai. Zhou Bokai, who had no power and was only a high school graduate, had no choice but to agree. He divorced his original wife, and the child was given the mother's surname. Jiang Rukui, who was powerful, would not allow Zhou Bokai to have any stain.

Their married life was not happy, and was even very bad. Later, when Yan Song fell from power, Zhou Bokai was unable to divorce because divorce would affect his career. If he couldn't even manage his family, how could he govern the country and bring peace to the world?
In the third year of Wanli, Zhou Bokai was old, and went to Nanjing Ministry of Revenue to retire. The Cotton Gang gradually grew stronger under his leadership. The reason why he took the initiative to break up the gang was actually because Zhou Bokai and Chen Junyong were fighting internally in the Cotton Gang. Chen Junyong threatened that if Zhou Bokai did not give up his interests, he would expose the Cotton Gang. Zhou Bokai made up his mind, stomped his feet, and directly asked the censor to impeach the gang for cheap cotton and harming the people.

Didn’t we say we’d die together? Then let’s die together!

He judged that His Majesty, who was very sympathetic to the poor and coolies, would definitely strike hard.

Zhou Bokai gave all his savings to his real son, the son born to him and his first wife, who changed his surname to his mother's. In Zhou Bokai's heart, this was his eldest son.

The imperial court was completely unaware of Zhou Bokai's original wife and eldest son.

Zhou Bokai's son hid nearly one million taels of silver obtained by the Cotton Gang on 17 horse-drawn ships, and prepared to leave the Ming Dynasty for Davao City in Luzon. However, when he was leaving, he was discovered by the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense inspectors.

"It seems that I have delayed Zhou Bokai's plan. I have wiped out all the underground money houses in Nan Ya, forcing Zhou Bokai's son to load the silver onto the ship and take a risk." Zhu Yijun finished reading the memorial from Luo Bingliang, the commander of the Nan Ya, with a smile on his face.

It’s really worth being happy that the money didn’t run away!

Zhou Bokai's son had to escape as soon as possible. Once the property search and confiscation process was initiated, given the emperor's temper, he would even try to find out how many earthworms there were in the ground. Even the son who changed his name and surname would not be able to escape, so he had to be quick. However, the underground money house was broken up by the emperor's punch, so he had no choice but to take a risk and use a human snake to send the silver away.

"This Zhou Bokai, even his son was arrested, and there are still a lot of reasons. No matter how many reasons there are, he accumulated money at the cost of harming cotton farmers. To be honest, he has failed to live up to the trust of Your Majesty and the expectations of the people. He deserves to die." Feng Bao was dismissive of Zhou Bokai's confession.

Zhou Bokai's confession was nearly ten thousand words long, but in the end it was just one idea: it wasn't me who was wrong, it was the world! I was just unlucky and happened to be caught!

"Now, there is one more person to sponsor the food and money for the Ming army to aid Korea and defeat Japan!" Zhu Yijun put away the memorial and continued to deal with miscellaneous affairs.

No matter what Zhu Yijun wanted to do, there was always someone to sponsor him. This is why those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few!
Qi Jiguang arrived in Yizhou smoothly on February 14, the 14th year of the Wanli reign. The dock of Yizhou was already bustling with activity, the berths and piers had been repaired, and it was a small port that could accommodate 300 ships a day, which was enough for the Ming army to use. Moreover, the port of Yizhou was still under expansion.

As long as Pyongyang has not fallen, Yizhou, a strategic fulcrum, will become more and more stable.

Qi Jiguang got off the boat and stomped his feet vigorously. The troop transport ship, which was composed entirely of five-masted ocean-going ships, was very stable, and the Bohai Sea was not particularly violent, so the journey was very smooth.

"How is the war going? Has Pyongyang fallen?" As soon as Qi Jiguang got off the boat, he immediately asked Zu Chengxun, the Liaodong Lieutenant General who came to the dock to pick him up. On the boat, Qi Jiguang was more worried about the fall of Pyongyang. Once Pyongyang fell, Yizhou would be under the enemy's control.

"The Japanese pirates almost succeeded. Deputy Marshal Li overestimated the Korean defenders' determination to defend the city. As soon as the Japanese pirates arrived, they opened the city gates and surrendered. Konishi Yukinaga, the commander of the first legion of the Japanese pirates, thought it was a trap and did not dare to enter the city. While he was hesitating, the cavalry battalion arrived and repelled Konishi Yukinaga. That's how Pyongyang was not lost." Zu Chengxun said hurriedly.

Pyongyang was almost lost.

The emperor was right, Pyongyang really could be lost, and Qi Jiguang was also right. Under the interference of the Ming army, if the Japanese pirates wanted to take Pyongyang, they had to ask the Ming army whether they agreed or not.

"A bunch of trash!" Qi Jiguang had already underestimated the combat capability of the Korean army, but he didn't expect that they had no bottom line at all. They surrendered as soon as the Japanese pirates arrived. The Ming cavalry battalion was stationed nearby and could arrive in a quarter of an hour. Despite such strong support, they still opened the city gates and surrendered.

Zu Chengxun said hurriedly, "General Qi, it's not that the Joseon army is useless. It was the Joseon general Huang Renyin who deceived the soldiers, saying that there were Ming soldiers outside the city who wanted to enter the city for supplies, and asked them to open the city gates. The soldiers had seen the might of the Ming army and did not suspect anything, so they opened the city gates. Only then did they know that it was the Japanese pirates. Fortunately, the Ming cavalry camp came to rescue them in time."

"The soldiers were so excited that they mutinied. The defending general Huang Renyin and his followers were beheaded by the soldiers. Vice Marshal Yi sent Yi Sun-sin to take over the Pyongyang army. Now there are 23,000 Korean soldiers in Pyongyang. They are not enough to kill the enemy but more than enough to defend the city." "The soldiers mutinied for a reason. The food the Korean soldiers eat is worse than that of the prisoners here."

Zu Chengxun reported the Pyongyang Incident. Huang Renyin had already died. Before his death, Huang Renyin shouted: "You have abandoned me, why should I fight to the death!" He was chopped to death by the mutinous soldiers. The appearance of Yi Sun-sin completely stabilized the situation in Pyongyang.

After listening to the battle report, Qi Jiguang also came to Yizhou City. A huge feng shui map was hung in the middle.

"Li Rusong did a great job." Qi Jiguang said with great confidence after looking at the entire deployment. The geomancy maps near Yizhou, Dingzhou, Anzhou and Pyongyang were redrawn, and the ones given by the Korean royal family were completely unusable.

The terrain and landforms are depicted in detail, and the height, slope, water level, etc. are marked. It is a very qualified military map.

Li Rusong and Ma Lin both kept saying that they were studying, but what a joke. However, each of them studied more seriously than the other. Li Rusong did not rush to attack, but drew the geomancy map, which was the key to advance step by step and inch by inch. It was not so easy to draw this map.

"Forty miles west of the Chilsing Gate, the west gate of Pyongyang, there is the Mudan Peak, which is three hundred feet high and the highest point in the entire vicinity of Pyongyang. Deputy Marshal Li sent the guerrilla general Wu Weizhong to lead three hundred cavalrymen and two thousand Liaodong troops to station here. The leader of the troops is the Liaodong Lieutenant General Cha Dashou, who is in a pincer attack with the 23,000 defenders in Pyongyang." Zu Chengxun explained the current situation in Pyongyang while holding a long wooden pole.

"Ma Lin led the vanguard camp to station outside the North Mitai Gate at the foot of Jinxiu Mountain. This place is extremely confidential because it is the ferry crossing of the Taedong River. The Japanese pirates must pass through here to cross the river. If they go downstream, they will be attacked by Wu Weizhong and Yi Sunchen. Here, Ma Lin led a cavalry camp, and Konishi Yukinaga could not break through."

"General Qi, in the past five days, the vanguard battalion led by Ma Lin has fought 17 battles with the Japanese pirates. So far, no soldiers in the vanguard battalion have been killed. Only two soldiers were injured, both of whom were slightly injured. More than 130 heads were beheaded and piled on the north bank of the Taedong River to deter the Japanese pirates."

The first people to be hit were at Jinxiu Mountain, and Ma Lin, as the second son of Ma Fang, chose to be at Jinxiu Mountain, which meant he had to bear the greatest pressure. The key was that the vanguard battalion withstood the pressure, killing the Japanese pirates so hard that they cried for their parents, while only two of their own men were slightly injured. This made Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa give up their prejudices against each other and concentrate on dealing with Ma Lin.

Three thousand against the other side's thirty-five thousand, one against ten, the other side was so overwhelmed that they couldn't even raise their heads.

Zhao Kuo was defeated and killed, and 400,000 Zhao soldiers were destroyed. He was ridiculed by later generations for more than two thousand years as a mere armchair military advisor.

In the sixth year of Jingyao, Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan was defeated in Mianzhu and died, but no one laughed at him. Everyone praised him for his loyalty.

In the Battle of Mianzhu, Huang Chong, son of Huang Quan, died for his country; Zhang Zun, grandson of Zhang Fei, died for his country; Li Qiu, nephew of Li Hui, died for his country; Zhuge Zhan, son of Zhuge Liang, died for his country; and Zhuge Shang, son of Zhuge Zhan, grandson of Zhuge Liang, died for his country.

The Shu Han army in the Battle of Mianzhu was originally a ragtag group of soldiers. Faced with the huge gap in strength, they were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. This small army almost defeated Deng Ai in a field battle, but ultimately failed.

In the Battle of Mianzhu, Huang Chong fought until the last moment, but his father Huang Quan had already surrendered to Cao Wei. If Huang Chong had surrendered, he would have been given a high position and generous salary, but Huang Chong did not. He died on the battlefield for Shu Han.

Zhuge Zhan was persuaded to surrender by Deng Ai, who promised him great wealth. The Zhuge family had a very high prestige in Shu Han. If Zhuge Zhan surrendered, Shu Han would completely collapse. However, Zhuge Zhan did not surrender.

The second and third generations of Shu died for Shu Han and sacrificed their lives for the country. The second and third generations of Wei let their emperor Cao die, and they all ruined the Luo River.

Yangcheng Earl Ma Fang doesn't like his eldest son Ma Dong, who is always indulging in romantic affairs. Ma Fang likes his second son Ma Lin and even wants to pass the title to him.

Marin also deserves this respect. With his status, it would have been more than enough for him to be a playboy in the capital and live a carefree life, but Marin did not. He chose to train himself hard and go to a remote place like Korea to fight the Japanese pirates.

Many people in the capital think that Ma Lin is stupid and foolish. He is already a hereditary official, so why should he risk his life?

Zhuge Zhan, Zhuge Shang, Huang Chong and other second and third generation Shu people are not a joke, and Ma Lin is not stupid. If they were a joke or stupid, then the long history of the Central Plains would be a joke.

"Okay." Qi Jiguang pointed to the location of Mudan Peak and nodded.

After Li Rusong discovered that the Korean army was weak, he took over the defense of two key locations, Mudan Peak and Kumsusan Mountain. The Japanese pirates could not advance at all, and the Ming Dynasty was able to wait for them to tire themselves out.

Qi Jiguang said with a serious face: "Yizhou, Anzhou, Dingzhou, and Pyongyang have been connected. This is very good. We are not the ones in a hurry now. I will bring 30,000 troops and arrange a battalion to go to Mudan Peak for reinforcement."

"It's not that I don't trust Wu Weizhong and Cha Dashou. Wu Weizhong is my old subordinate. He followed me to fight the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang. He is cautious by nature. Cha Dashou is trusted by Ningyuan Hou, so it goes without saying. I don't trust the Korean army."

Qi Jiguang kept the teachings of the Hadith in mind and guarded against the Korean army with all his might. He believed that trusting them was worse than trusting a sow to climb a tree.

Pyongyang is on the west side of the Taedong River. The Japanese pirates cannot cross the river from the lower reaches of the Taedong River because they are afraid of being attacked from both sides by the Moranbong defenders and the Pyongyang defenders. But if the Pyongyang defenders dare not attack from both sides, the direction of Moranbong will become a breakthrough point.

Zu Chengxun looked thoughtful before he said, "General Qi is right. Deputy General Li also has the same idea, but we don't have enough manpower."

"Where is the deposed King Yi Sun of Korea?" After looking at the military deployment, Qi Jiguang believed that there was no problem with Li Rusong's arrangement.

The Ming Dynasty was not in a hurry to attack. Both the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese pirates were fighting against foreign countries, but the Ming Dynasty had no offensive pressure, while the Japanese pirates had great offensive pressure. If they could not capture Pyongyang, they would not be able to plunder, and their morale would not be maintained, so they would definitely take risks.

"In Pyongyang, Deputy Marshal Li did not ask for it. He will decide after Marshal Qi arrives." Zu Chengxun quickly answered this key question. Li Sun left Pyongyang and went to Dingzhou. Dingzhou had already surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and the city gates were not opened to Li Sun. Li Sun then went to Anzhou, but Anzhou also did not open the city gates for him. Li Sun went around in circles and had to return to Pyongyang.

The reason why the Ming army did not immediately ask for Lee Sun was because the number of Ming troops in the court was insufficient, and they needed the deposed King Lee Sun of Korea to stabilize the morale of the Joseon side.

"Immediately send a message to Pyongyang to escort Lee Sun to Uiju." Qi Jiguang had met Lee Sun-sin, who was very dissatisfied with Lee Sun. Moreover, Lee Sun was now imprisoned in Pyongyang instead of sitting on the throne and giving orders.

Lee Sun-sin took Han Kecheng's defeat and death, and his fate as a warning to the Japanese pirates as he was hanged on a long pole and paraded through the streets.

At this time, in Anhak Palace in Pyongyang City, Lee Sun-sin led a group of armored soldiers and strode towards the central palace with the gait of a dragon and a tiger. All the eunuchs who tried to stop Lee Sun-sin were pushed away by him. The aggressive group of people scared everyone in the palace so much that they quickly hid away.

Li Shunchen rushed into the central palace of Anhak Palace with a group of people. When he saw Li Sun who was under house arrest, his blood boiled.

"Yi Sun! Are you crazy?" Yi Sun-sin held up a letter in his hand and said sternly, "You are the king of Joseon! Is this how you act as a king? Are you worthy of being a king?"

Lee Sun-sin placed Lee Sun under house arrest in Anhak Palace, not for the purpose of bargaining with the Ming Dynasty. In fact, he still had a glimmer of hope. After all, Lee Sun was the king. As long as he was alive and still in the palace, the Korean rebel army would recognize the royal flag. Lee Sun-sin kept Lee Sun just to drive the Japanese pirates into the sea as soon as possible.

What Li Shunchen thought was actually very simple. No matter what the situation was after the war, he would go to Ming Dynasty, and the affairs of Korea would have nothing to do with him. He was determined to drive the Japanese pirates out to sea.

"Why is the letter in your hands?!" Lee Sun was horrified. Lee Sun-sin was the envoy he sent to Ming Dynasty, but now he had turned into a general and placed him under house arrest in Anhak Palace. Now, Lee Sun-sin came to him with a group of soldiers.

"Yi Sun-sin, you are so bold!" Yi Sun changed his mind, pretended to be calm, stood up and scolded loudly.

Li Shunchen's eyes widened with anger. He grabbed Li Shun's collar and hit Li Shun's forehead with his own head. He said sternly: "I am bold? I am not as brave as you. You dare to betray your ancestors? You ask the eunuchs to deliver your handwritten letter to the Japanese pirates' camp!"

"Don't you know what's written in this letter? You have to agree to go to the Japanese capital of Japan to visit Luo!"

"You! Damn it!"

"Ah!" Lee Sun-sin kicked Lee Sun to the ground and took a step back. He was so angry that he could not describe it in words.

"Swish!" A white light flashed, and Lee Sun-sin's knife was placed on Lee Sun's neck.

"You are presumptuous to be a king!" Li Shunchen was about to attack with his sword, but the soldiers around him held him back.

The soldier said anxiously: "General, no! If you kill him, how can you explain to the Ming Dynasty? To drive out the Japanese pirates, we have to rely on the heavenly soldiers, general, you can't do that!"

Of course, Lee Sun-sin was also aware that the Ming Dynasty had no intention of asking for Lee Sun for the time being, and also hoped to have such a royal flag so that the rebel army all over Korea would have a backbone instead of a mob. There were actually 15 Japanese pirates on the Korean Peninsula.

Since the Ming Dynasty did not make a verdict, Yi Sun-sin had no way to deal with the case privately.

Lee Sun was already scared to death. He didn't expect that Lee Sun-sin was really going to do it. He felt pain. Lee Sun-sin really wanted to kill him! He was so scared that he lost control of his bladder, and his nose was full of snot and tears. He kept mumbling, "I was wrong, I was wrong! I really know I was wrong."

"You don't admit your mistake, you just know you're going to die." Li Shunchen exhaled and put the knife back into the sheath.

"I can't kill him, can I beat him up?" Lee Sun-sin asked, tilting his head as he looked at Lee Sun who was paralyzed on the ground in fear.

The soldier let go and said, "Of course!"

"Beat him!" A cruel smile appeared on Li Shunchen's lips. Li Sun was a king who had been enthroned and deposed by the Ming Dynasty. He could not be killed, but that did not mean he could not be beaten!

When Li Cheng saw the fist as big as a casserole coming straight towards his face, he knew that he was in trouble. The punch was powerful and contained resentment.

In the Battle of Imjin, if Lee Sun had not listened to the slander of treacherous ministers and urged Han Kecheng to advance, the situation would not have been so critical, the Ming army would not have had to enter Korea, and he would not have had to find a place to stay by himself.

(End of this chapter)